The theme that connects my past, present, and future together is my passion for wanting to help others and the joy I get from it. I found a quote that relates to this thought perfectly. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” - John Bunyan. This quote describes exactly why I want to be a teacher in the future. I want to be able to help people without expecting anything from them in return. In my past I witnessed first hand my teacher personally going out of her way to help out me and my friends. She did not want anything in return from us, she truly just wanted to help us out and make a difference in our lives. In the present, I tutor children and I help my friends out with their homework and I don't want anything from them in return, I just truly want to help them do the best that they can do. In the future I hope to influence the lives of many children in a positive way. I hope to help them find a joy for learning and form personal relationships with my students instead of just being the teacher who lectures to them about science. I hope to help them out in ways they would never expect and not receive anything for it but my own personal joy of knowing what I have done.